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Get the HTML Body of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetHtmlBody method, which returns the body having the text/html content type. It reads the HTML representation already present in the email object — it does not generate one from the plain-text body. This example sets an HTML body and reads it back.

Background: Because an email can carry both plain-text and HTML representations, GetHtmlBody targets the HTML one specifically, whereas the general Body property is ambiguous when both exist. If the message has no HTML representation, this returns an empty string — use HasHtmlBody to check first, or GetPlainTextBody for the text version.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Email
string ls_HtmlBody

//  Demonstrates the GetHtmlBody method, which returns the body having the text/html content
//  type.  It reads the HTML representation already present in the email object.

loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Email
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Email.Subject = "GetHtmlBody example"

loo_Email.SetHtmlBody("<html><body><b>Hello in HTML.</b></body></html>")

//  Retrieve the text/html body.
ls_HtmlBody = loo_Email.GetHtmlBody()
Write-Debug ls_HtmlBody


destroy loo_Email